The rapid escalation of ship and personnel costs for deep ocean search, scientific data gathering, and other important missions require an alternate vehicle to perform these missions inexpensively. Recent advances in technology, particularly in computer sciences, indicate that these missions, which presently require expensive ship time or are dangerous, may be undertaken by a “smart” unmanned free swimming submersible. The following are some of the characteristics which are desirable for this “smart fish”: a) ability to search for man‐made objects using pattern recognition, signature, and artificial intelligence techniques; b) energy conservation techniques which will permit high endurance; c) accurate navigation; d) adaptability to the environment (such as ocean current and bottom) by use of appropriate sensors and computing capability; and e) the ability to be preprogrammed to meet the mission, track, and performance requirements. The Naval Research Laboratory, which has had previous experience with a towed instrumented vehicle in the THRESHER and SCORPION searches and has collaborated with other activities in operations that involved manned submersibles, is presently engaged in developing a research demonstration vehicle which will be tested in 1978. It is anticipated that this would constitute the first phase in the evolutionary development of a “smart” vehicle providing considerable improvement in performance and cost.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.